Upon the excellent recommendation of some friends of ours we made a reservation to ring in our birthday weekend with a steak night at Valley Vineyard, a family-owned winery in Morrow, OH. Ted left work early Friday afternoon and we drove up to the vineyard for a relaxing date night to see the grapes, sample some wines, and grill up a steak!
It was a perfect evening in a truly beautiful location. We walked the grounds of the winery, toured the wine cellar where they press the grapes and bottle and store the wine, walked across the street to the vineyard to check out the grapes, sampled many of their home-brewed beers and delicious wines including reds, whites, champagne, honey mead, and dessert ice wine, seasoned and cooked our own savory steaks on the grill, and enjoyed a huge and tasty meal of salad, steak, baked potatoes, roasted veggies, corn on the cob, rice pilaf, a yummy selection of fantastic home-made cakes and pies for dessert, and two bottles of wine (champagne and pink catawba – our two faves!).
It was a wonderful evening, really fun, completely relaxing, and the perfect start to a great birthday weekend!
